Music
Board
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It
was at the express desire of Rathindranath Tagore, the then partial
holder, of the copyright
of Rabindranath Tagore's works, that the Visva-Bharati Music Board
or Visva-Bharati
Sangit Samiti was constituted in 1944.
The Music Board
was entrusted with the organisation of the teaching of Rabindra
music in Kolkata including the periodic holding of examinations and
competitions in such music
and the granting of certificates and diplomas for proficiency therein.
The organization of music festivals, and the recitals of the works
of Rabindranath Tagore
and the promotion of their study and diffusion.
The preservation in a permanent form of correct versions of Rabindra
Music and
rectification pieces of the Poet and propagation thereof.
The Music Education
Committee would make all possible arrangements for the teaching of
Rabindra Music in Kolkata and may maintain one or more schools for
this purpose
directly under its control. The Committee would have power to take
all necessary action
for this purpose and to appoint the necessary staff subject to the
previous sanction of the Music Board and settle terms and conditions
on which members of the staff may give Music lessons to other individuals
or affiliated institutions and settle all questions relating to
the work under the control of the committee.
The Music Education
Committee also helps and co-operates, as far as possible, in promoting
the teaching, study and diffusion of Rabindra Music by and through
other schools and institutions in Kolkata. The committee would have
power to give recognition to music schools and organizations as affiliated
institutions for this purpose on such terms and conditions as may
be settled in this regard by the committee time to time.
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